Leclerc looked to be on course to win last Sunday in Spain after opening up a 16-second lead over the Red Bulls before being sidelined by failures on the turbocharger and MGU-H on his Ferrari power unit. The setback saw Leclerc lose the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship for the first time this season […]
The satellite Ducati squad in recent years has traditionally run a special one-off livery at Mugello to mark its collaboration with Italian supercar company Lamborghini. While Pramac will continue its trend of special Mugello liveries this weekend, it will not run the black and yellow Lamborghini colours. Instead, to mark the arrival of new sponsor […]
The wholesale changes to F1’s technical rules for the 2022 season returned the championship to a ground-effect-led aerodynamic formula, which means the machines are more prone to understeer and that has led the sensation of driving becoming more cumbersome in slow corners. The rule changes to make slightly wider and larger front wings means the […]
On Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, Aprilia confirmed it had re-signed both Espargaro and Maverick Vinales for two more years – with Autosport reporting the story first ahead of time. This closes weeks of discussions between Espargaro and Aprilia dating back to March’s Indonesian GP, with the Argentina race winner admitting […]
The Italian outfit, which is locked in a championship fight with Red Bull this year, introduced its first major overhaul of its F1-75 at last weekend’s Spanish GP. The improvements appeared to have delivered some progress, with Charles Leclerc taking pole position and looking on course to take a victory before he was stopped with […]
McLaren was one of the teams that introduced a whole raft of upgrades at last week’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, which allowed Lando Norris to score points in eighth after an inconsistent start to 2022 by the Woking-based team. Compared to its high-speed prowess in previous years McLaren believes it has now produced a […]
Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Bottas stayed in the United States following the Miami Grand Prix, taking time to travel with his partner and professional cyclist, Tiffany Cromwell. Bottas posted a picture to his Instagram showing him swimming in a stream in Aspen, Colorado, with his bare bottom poking out of the water. The stir it caused on […]
There is however a major difference between the two situations. In the earlier case, the accusation was that the Silverstone team had borrowed IP from a friendly team in the form of its PU, gearbox and suspension supplier Mercedes. This time round the clear suggestion from Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko was […]
The A522’s latest upgrade package looked promising on Friday in Barcelona but the team had a troubled qualifying session, with Ocon earning only 12th and Fernando Alonso down in 17th after a radio miscommunication compromised his final Q1 run. In the race, Ocon put in an impressive charge to seventh, while Alonso climbed through the […]
The Spanish driver has been so far unable to extract as much from the new ground effect F1-75 chassis as teammate Charles Leclerc, and endured another frustrating outing in Spain last week when he dropped down the order with a spin. Having had a run of incidents in Australia, Imola, and Miami, Sainz is aware […]